Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria Monday called on closer bilateral economic and trade cooperation as the two countries have just signed a service trade pact supplementary to their free trade agreement (FTA).

Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete concluded his six-day China trip and left Beijing on Tuesday.

Taiwan's incoming vice president, Vincent Siew, met briefly Saturday with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a regional forum in China.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with visiting Qatar Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabir Al-Thani in Beijing on Thursday. The two sides agreed to step up bilateral friendly and cooperative relations.

Premier Wen Jiabao met with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd in Beijing on Thursday, calling for greater cooperation and taking bilateral ties to a new high.

China and Kazakhstan pledged to boost bilateral cooperation and enhance strategic partnership on Wednesday.

Relations between Russia and Britain have reached their lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tensions between the two countries began after the murder of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 in London. More recently, two out of three offices of the British Council in Russia were shut down by Russian authorities.

China values its ties with Turkey and will continue to make efforts to push forward the cooperation between the two nations as well as the two parliaments, top legislator Wu Bangguo said.

During a joint news conference in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin spoke with a bit of nostalgia as they looked back at their stewardship of U.S.-Russian relations during the past seven years.

U.S. President George W. Bush has arrived in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for talks with President Vladimir Putin on future relations between their two countries as both men conclude their terms of office.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Thursday with visiting Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met in Beijing Wednesday with visiting Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, highlighting China's goal of further mutually beneficial cooperation with Thailand.